240x post mortem
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
The American Airlines SimplyMiles deal to earn 240 miles per dollar donated to charity was ultimately honored, but when we recorded this week's episode we didn't yet know it would be. We looked back at how we handled it in terms of what we published (and didn't), how much we donated, and our takeaways for next time.
00:50 Giant Mailbag: A personal story
4:27 Giant Mailbag #2: A glance back at some predictions
7:32 What crazy thing...did Chase do this week?
https://frequentmiler.com/chase-launches-ink-business-premier-in-branch/
12:32 Matress running the numbers: When does the new Chase Ink Business Premier make sense?
18:47 Main Event: 240x Post-Mortem
https://frequentmiler.com/incredible-the-240x-simplymiles-deal-is-being-honored/
https://frequentmiler.com/5x-on-simplymiles-offers-awesome-deals/
https://frequentmiler.com/american-airlines-simplymiles-complete-guide-common-questions-answered/
55:50 Post Roast
56:55 Question of the Week: Can you use Amex's Plan It feature to split payments and trigger two Fine Hotels & Resorts credits on a a single hotel stay?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.7 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? The main event. |
| 0:21.6 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.6 | Today's main event, 240X post-mortem. |
| 0:30.6 | You're going to do an autopsy today. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm a little squeamish, Greg. |
| 0:34.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:35.6 | We're going to be diving into that simply Miles deal that was simply spectacular |
| 0:41.1 | if it pays out. |
| 0:44.7 | Maybe at the time this publishes, it'll turn out to have been spectacular. |
| 0:48.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.2 | So we'll talk all about that deal, you know, why we jumped in the way we did, why we wrote about it the way |
| 0:55.8 | we did, or didn't write about it in the way we did, and so on and so forth. First, of course, |
| 1:02.0 | giant mailbag. For Giant Mailbag today, I've got two things going on. First is a little |
| 1:09.1 | personal story. So during the show, you might notice me sniffle, |
| 1:14.6 | cough, blow my nose, whatever. I am enduring cold symptoms. And so I went the other day to get |
| 1:26.4 | COVID tested. And I drove there with day to get COVID tested. |
| 1:28.4 | And I drove there with some trepidation, but not for the reason you'd think. |
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